Scientists have pinpointed that photographing the retina can provide information which help predicting the potential for stroke in people with high blood pressure. According to a new study conducted at the National University of Singapore, the eye examination mainly retinal imaging explores symptoms on the status of blood vessels in the brain. While high blood pressure is the most important risk factor... 

British researchers have demonstrated that those people who consume higher potassium in their diets and cut down salt are in lower risk of stroke. The study indicates that a lower salt intake and potassium rich diet can combat high blood pressure and consequently the risk of stroke, according to the paper published in the British Medical Journal. Two separate studies showed that increased level of... 

People with untreated sleep disordered breathing (SDB) are at a greater risk of dying from cancer than those who are not suffering from the chronic shuteye problem. Sleep-Disordered breathing includes a group of disorders characterized by abnormalities of respiratory pattern (pauses in breathing) or the quantity of ventilation during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea, the most common such disorder, is...